from Korçë to the Albanian National Congress that proclaimed the Independence of Albania on 28 November 1912. While the Ottoman Empire had allowed Ismail Qemali to go in Vlora and proceed with his political activities , the Ottoman officials in Korce had created a communication blockade, by preventing the telegram messages from being sent in and out of town. Grameno and his compatriots Menduh Zavalani, Stavro Karoli and Estref Vërleni learned later about the Independence Congress and reached Vlorë after five days, while they were substituted during the first day of the Congress by Pandeli Cale, Thanas Floqi and Spiridon Ilo. After independence, Grameno served as the editor of the weekly Koha (Time), initially published in Korçë and later in Jamestown, New York, where he lived from 1915 to 1919. He traveled back to Europe to represent Albania through the Albanian-American community at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and in the following year he returned in Albania. In the 1920s he carried out his journalistic and literary activities until he retired from public life due to ill health. Resigned and seriously ill, he died on 5 February 1931 in Korçë. Works Mihal Grameno's published works include: Vdekja (The Death), a patriotic poem published in 1903; Mallkimi i gjuhës shqipe, (The curse upon the Albanian language), a comedy published in Bucharest 1905, Vdekja e Piros (The Death of Pyrrhus), a historical tragedy published in Sofia, 1906. Oxhaku (The Hearth), E puthura (The Kiss), and Varr' i pagëzimit (The Tomb of the Baptism), Korçë 1909, short stories. Plagët (The wounds) Manastir 1912, a volume of poetry; Kryengritja shqiptare, Korçë 1925 (The Albanian Uprising), memoirs of his experiences as a guerrilla fighter against the Turkish and Greek troops. References Sources External links Works (in Albanian) People from Korçë People from Manastir vilayet Albanian politicians Albanian journalists 1872 births 1931 deaths Albanian emigrants to the United States Activists of the Albanian National Awakening Members of the Albanian Orthodox Church 19th-century Albanian people 20th-century Albanian writers 20th-century Albanian politicians Eastern Orthodox Christians from Albania Heroes of Albania